'Vineet Nayyar provoked us to create...': Anand Mahindra shares his journey and an old photo in heartfelt tribute
Anand Mahindra said, "Vineet was a larger-than-life figure in the Indian Business landscape." He said Vineet was a "distinguished IAS officer" who served with the World Bank and the became the first Chairman of GAIL. “He provoked us to create what will perhaps be one of the most important legacies of our Group," he said. Sharing a glimpse of Vineet's journey, Mahindra said he made a successful transition to the private sector becoming the Managing Director of HCL Corporation Ltd, and the Vice Chairman of HCL Technologies Ltd.
"And it was from there that he and two of his close colleagues journeyed to Mahindra British Telecom. We called them the Three Musketeers!," Mahindra said. He further shared that the "three musketeers' came in with a startup mentality, "determined to take MBT (which they renamed Tech Mahindra) into the top ranks of the Indian IT industry—and that’s exactly what they did".
ALSO READ: Anand Mahindra echoes Elon Musk's call for celebrating manufacturing heroes on silver screen "Most notably by the bold acquisition of Satyam, a deal spearheaded by Vineet. But I will personally be most grateful to him for his vision in exhorting us to establish Mahindra University, on the campus of the erstwhile Satyam Computer," Mahindra tweeted. Anand Mahindra thanked Nayyar for his wisdom, leadership and for "committing the crowning part of your career to the Mahindra Group".
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